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The paper is focused on religious-geographical research of the city of Liberec, the fifth most populous city in the Czech Republic. Liberec (Reichenberg before 1945) is located in the northern part of the state near the borders with Germany and Poland in the region, which was strongly affected by the expulsion of the German population after the Second World War. This forced emigration and immigration of Czech and Slovak people led to the interruption of tradition and also religious belief which was sharpened durin...

Since 2010, ethical education has been included in the official Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education in the Czech Republic as a cross-curricular subject. Currently, there are no certified teachers of ethical education, though there is a high demand for them at Czech schools. The number of lecturers who specialize in ethical education should increase soon, as in 2012 the University of Hradec Kralove introduced ethical education as a subject of study within the Specialization in Pedagogy programme....